By Cathy Moran, Esq. (Redwood City, CA) Because its treatment varies so, we need to be asking more pointed questions of clients about both insurance policies and the debtor as beneficiary. Unmatured life insurance Starting with exemptions, §522(d)(7) makes an unmatured life insurance policy exempt without limit. So, the insurance element of a policy owned by the debtor is exempt...
From the Editor’s Desk – Property of Estate and Exemptions
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Profit-sharing plan was not exempt. Prior to filing Chapter 13, which was converted to Chapter 11 and then 7, the IRS had audited the debtor’s tax return, including requesting documentation about a profit-sharing plan. The fact that IRS had closed its audit did not create a presumption that the profit-sharing plan was exempt from the bankruptcy estate, and the bankruptcy court found that the plan was not exempt under § 522(b)(3)(C), due to repeated violations of applicable tax laws, including eight transactions by . . .
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